Emily and Amanda are here to chat all things books, movies, and TV shows. In each episode Amanda recaps the books she read (She Reads) and Emily recaps the TV and films she watched (She Watches) from the previous month. At the end of every episode we share a Must Read Book and Must Watch suggestio…
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I have discovered the world of soccer with the English Premier League and Emily is very excited about Liverpool being close to winning the league. You’ll hear our Top 3 books and movies from February. Emily checks off an iconic kid’s movie from her List of Shame and I revisit a dystopian YA book series six years later to see if it is still good. In our Mentionables segment we talk about everything that didn’t make our top 3 lists. I watch a lot of music-themed movies and Emily dives into the magical world of Studio Ghibli movies. We’d love to hear what you think about what we discussed! You can find us online here: Podcast: @SRSWpodcast Emily: Twitter and Letterboxd Amanda: Twitter, Instagram, Letterboxd, and Goodreads As always, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book, TV show, and film we mentioned in this episode. Timestamps Top 3 Films and Books 4:28 Ready or Not – movie 6:14 Andie MacDowell – actress 6:36 Groundhog Day – movie 6:40 Four Weddings and a Funeral – movie 6:55 Such a Fun Age – book 10:00 Mrs. Doubtfire – movie 12:40 Hook – movie 12:41 Aladdin – movie 13:52 The Priory of the Orange Tree – book 16:35 The Bone Season – book 17:35 The Invisible Man – movie 19:30 Elisabeth Moss – actor 19:58 Mad Men – TV show 21:18 Her Smell – movie 21:57 Red Rising – book 24:16 Hunger Games – book 24:18 Ender’s Game – book 24:30 Ender’s Game – movie Mentionables 27:00 North by Northwest – movie 28:50 Narcos: Mexico Season 2 – TV show 29:30 Halt and Catch Fire – TV show 30:19 Love is Blind – TV show 32:49 Survivor: Winners at War – TV show 34:00 Wild Rose – movie 34:32 Almost Famous – movie 35:30 Sing Street – movie 36:38 High Fidelity – TV series 37:56 The Broken Circle Breakdown – movie 40:44 The Phantom Tollbooth – book 41:26 The Phantom Tollbooth – movie 42:36 Kiki’s Delivery Service – movie 44:46 My Neighbor Totoro – movie 45:10 Ponyo – movie 45:12 Spirited Away – movie 45:14 Howl’s Moving Castle – movie 46:00 Princess Mononoke – movie
Emily and Amanda are here to chat about all things books, movies, and TV shows. You’ll hear our Top 3 books and movies from January. The theme of this episode is war. Emily watched a lot of movies set during wartime and Amanda read books set during WWII and war in space. In our Mentionables segment we talk about everything that didn’t make our top 3 lists. Older movies like Almost Famous show why they are still classics while newer movies like The King won’t be remembered. We’d love to hear what you think about what we discussed. You can now find us on Instagram at @SRSWpodcast! You can also find Emily and Amanda online here: Emily: Twitter and Letterboxd Amanda: Twitter, Instagram, Letterboxd, and Goodreads As always, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book, TV show, and film we mentioned in this episode. Timestamps Top 3 Films and Books 2:33 The Phantom Tollbooth – book 3:20 Black Narcissus – movie 5:26 Deborah Kerr – actress 5:30 Jean Simmons – actress 6:00 The Storyteller’s Secret – book 7:50 Kate Morton – author 9:10 Behind the Beautiful Forevers – book 9:26 A Hidden Life – movie 10:40 Terrence Malick – director 13:30 Slaughterhouse-Five – book 18:20 1917 – movie 18:52 Band of Brothers – TV series 19:29 Roger Deakins – Cinematographer 21:30 Dean-Charles Chapman – actor 22:08 Starsight – book Mentionables 24:28 Long Bright River – book 27:14 The King – movie 28:50 Timothée Chalamet – actor 29:30 Almost Famous – movie 30:32 Avenue 5 – TV show 31:24 Blade Runner 2049 – movie 32:45 Blade Runner The Final Cut – movie 33:30 Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist – TV show 35:46 Rosemary’s Baby – movie 36:50 Sanditon – TV series 38:46 Beasts of the Southern Wild – movie 39:12 Wendy – movie
Emily and Amanda are here to chat all things books, movies, and TV shows. You’ll hear our Top 3 books and movies we enjoyed in December. We had a lot of opinions about the new Little Women movie! Next, we spill the beans on a few shows and movies that didn’t make our Top 3 lists in our Mentionables segment. Neither of us have finished watching The Irishman. Our streaming picks for HULU, Amazon Prime, and Netflix will help you from endlessly scrolling trying to find something to watch at home. Emily has great dramatic movie picks and Amanda discusses her favorite comedies. Our Must Watch movie is a classic that shouldn’t be missed and our Must Read Book is about a sarcastic droid that only wants to binge-watch its shows. We’d love to hear what you think about what we discussed! You can find us online here: Emily: Twitter and Letterboxd Amanda: Twitter, Instagram, Letterboxd, and Goodreads As always, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book, TV show, and film we mentioned in this episode. Top 3 Films and Books 1:45 Ford v Ferrari – movie 2:37 Christian Bale – actor 2:49 Noah Jupe – actor 3:38 The Lager Queen of Minnesota – book 5:45 2019 Little Women – movie 6:15 1994 Little Women – movie 7:00 Saoirse Ronan – actor 7:03 Florence Pugh – actor 7:38 Eliza Scanlin – actor 9:48 Laura Dern – actor 11:15 Black Widow – movie 11:30 Midsommer – movie 15:15 His Majesty’s Dragon – book 16:42 Spinning Silver – book 16:43 Uprooted – book 17:56 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – movie 21:10 John Williams – composer 23:50 Star Wars: The Force Awakens – movie 25:20 Onward – movie 25:21 1917 – movie 25:56 In The Heights – movie 26:18 Music to My Years – book Mentionables 29:30 Honey Boy – movie 30:28 Shia LeBouf – actor 30:42 White Dragon – TV series 31:29 It’s a Wonderful Life – movie 32:15 The Nightmare Before Christmas – movie 32:52 The Witcher – TV series 33:58 Henry Cavill – actor 33:59 – The Count of Monte Cristo – movie 34:10 The Irishman – movie 34:50 Goodfellas – movie 35:15 Mad Max: Fury Road – movie 36:39 John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch – tv show Streaming Picks 38:40 Wild Rose – movie 40:01 The Bold Type – TV show 41:45 You Were Never Really Here – movie 43:22 Walk the Line – movie 43:30 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – TV show 45:30 Marriage Story – movie 47:38 Scarlett Johansson – actor 47:39 Lost In The Translation – movie 48:56 Cristela Alonzo: Lower Classy – comedy special 49:24 Seth Meyer’s Lobby Baby – comedy special Must Read and Must Watch 50:50 1994 Little Women – movie 52:53 All Systems Red – book
Emily and Amanda are here to chat all things books, movies, and TV shows. You’ll hear our Top 3 books and films/TV shows we enjoyed in November. Next, we spill the beans on a few things that didn’t make our Top 3 lists in our Mentionables segment. Our streaming picks for HULU, Amazon Prime, and Netflix will help you from endlessly scrolling trying to find something to watch at home. If you love a good Rom Com, then you definitely want to tune in! Our Must Watch movie is an approachable Western everyone should watch and our Must Read Book is a delightful, imaginative fantasy with a gorgeous cover. We’d love to hear what you think about what we discussed! You can find us online here: Emily: Twitter and Letterboxd Amanda: Twitter, Instagram, Letterboxd, and Goodreads As always, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book, TV show, and film we mentioned in this episode. Books, TV shows, and Films 1:54 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood – movie 3:22 Won’t You Be My Neighbor? – movie 3:57 The Americans – TV show 4:10 Jennifer Garner – actor 4:30 Cate Blanchett – actor 4:59 One Day in December – book 5:49 HULU’s Four Weddings and a Funeral – TV miniseries 8:04 Parasite – movie 10:34 Hunt for the Wilderpeople – movie 10:47 The Starless Sea – book 10:55 The Night Circus – book 12:53 The Mandalorian – TV show 13:12 Star Wars – movies 17:10 24 – TV show 17:42 Mad Men – TV Show 18:22 Pumpkinheads – book Mentionables 20:40 Frozen II – movie 21:40 How to Train Your Dragon – movie 24:22 Rocky – movie 25:12 Creed – movie 25:16 Mary Queen of Scots – movie 27:00 Good Omens – TV Show 27:48 Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy – movie 28:00 Last Christmas – movie 28:13 The Family Stone – movie 29:28 The Knight Before Christmas – movie 30:40 Crazy Stupid Love – movie Streaming Picks Hulu 31:52 Veronica Mars – TV show 33:30 Younger – TV show Amazon Prime 35:00 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty – movie 35:12 The Florida Project – movie 36:50 You’ve Got Mail – movie Netflix 38:48 Room – movie 40:14 Little Things – TV show Must Watch & Must Read 41:43: True Grit (2010) – movie 42:32 Roger Deakins – cinematographer 43:22 The Ten Thousand Doors of January – book 45:47 Jared Harris – actor
Emily and Amanda want to help you spend your entertainment time wisely. Episode 7 is chock full of great books, TV, and film suggestions! First we share our Top 3 books and films from the month of October. In our Mentionables segment we dish on why a few things didn’t make our top 3 lists. *cough* HULU’s Four Weddings and a Funeral isn’t great. We’ve added a new segment to the show! Can’t make it to a movie theater? Then you’ll want to tune in to our top picks from the streaming apps HULU, Amazon Prime, and Netflix. At the end of the episode both our Must Read Book and a Must Watch suggestions share an alien theme. We’d love to hear what you think about what we discussed! If you have a suggestion you would like for us to read or watch you can share them with us online. You can comment below or find us online. Emily: Twitter and Letterboxd Amanda: Twitter, Instagram, Letterboxd, and Goodreads Thank you for listening! Time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book, TV show, and film we mentioned in this episode. Books, TV shows, and Films 2:19 Prisoners – movie 4:18 Blade Runner 2049 – movie 5:10 Children of Blood and Bone – book 6:50 Children of Virtue and Vengeance – book 8:10 Transit – movie 10:05 Beartown – book 11:34 A Man Called Ove – book 12:45 Jojo Rabbit – movie 13:37 Hunt for the Wilderpeople – movie 18:38 Foundryside – book 20:09 The Maze Runner – book 20:24 Battlestar Galactica – TV show Mentionables 21:09 Stoker – movie 22:19 HULU’s Four Weddings and a Funeral – miniseries 22:50 Knotting Hill, Love Actually, About Time, Richard Curtis 24:10 The Shining – movie 24:43 Doctor Sleep – movie 25:42 Psycho – movie 24:59 Ready Player One – movie 25:57 The Terminator – movie 26:55 Star Wars Ep I,II, IX – movie 28:20 Binge Mode Star Wars Podcast 29:50 Crashing – TV Show 30:05 Fleabag Season 2 – TV Show Streaming Picks 31:40 Parks and Rec – TV Show 31:47 Alan Sepinwall’s Streaming Wars Article 32:20 Minding the Gap – HULU 33:38 Brooklyn 99 – HULU 35:05 Friday Night Lights – Prime 35:24 Parenthood – TV Show 37:03 Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong – Prime 38:31 Unbelievable – Netflix 39:54 Billy on the Street – Netflix Must Read & Must Watch 42:07 Arrival – movie 44:48 Hillbilly Elegy – movie 45:22 Skyward – book Cheers!
After sharing our top picks from September in Episode 5 we share our real and raw opinions of all the other books, TV shows, and movies we read and watched in September. We also talk about whether or not you can eat chips in a movie theater and what are some of our favorite modern westerns. At the end of the episode we speculate about the TV series, films, and books we are anticipating in October. We’d love to hear what you think about what we discussed. If you have a suggestion you would like for us to read or watch you can share them with us online. Amanda: Twitter, Instagram, and Goodreads Emily: Twitter and Letterboxd Thank you for listening! Time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book, TV show, and film we mentioned in this episode. Books, TV shows, and Films 0:38 City of Girls – book 0:56 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo – book 1:24 Billy Elliot – movie 2:20 A Door in the Wall – book 3:42 Faults – movie 4:43 Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – movie 5:35 Survivor: The Islands of the Idols – TV show 6:15 Dalton Ross’ EW Survivor Recaps 6:37 The Amazing Race – TV show 7:28 Hostiles – movie 8:30 Gone Girl – movie 9:38 True Grit – movie 9:56 Road House – movie 10:28 I Am Patrick Swayze – documentary 10:56 Ken Burn’s Country – TV mini-series 11:35 Kelly Clarkson Show – TV Show 11:55 Kelly Clarkson covering Lizzo’s Juice – TV clip 12:20 Kelly Clarkson and Downton Abbey – TV clip 12:22 Carnival Row – TV Show 12:38 Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets – movie 13:56 Ad Astra – movie 16:00 Wild Rose – movie 16:36 Begin Again – movie 17:15 JoJo Rabbit – movie 17:36 Hunt For the Wilderpeople – movie 17:38 What We Do In The Shadows – movie 17:42 Beartown – book 17:48 Children of Blood and Bone – book 18:36 Lucy In The Sky – movie 19:08 Legion – TV Show 19:38 Yesterday – movie 19:59 Late Night – movie 20:24 Salt to the Sea – book 20:40 The Fountains of Silence – book 21:00 Ashes in the Snow – movie 21:50 State of Wonder – book
We want to help you spend your entertainment time wisely. In this episode Amanda shares her Top 3 books (She Reads) and Emily shares her Top 3 movies (She Watches) from the month of September. We end the episode with a Must Read Book and Must Watch suggestion. Is the The Goldfinch a good movie? Which Alfred Hitchcock film should you start with? We answer these questions and highlight a creative Science Fiction novella, a fast-paced Historical Fiction novel, and an Epic Fantasy. Our Must Watch TV show explores a dystopian America dominated by Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. Our Must Read book is a fantasy series that is being adapted into a movie. We’d love to hear your suggestions for movies and books that we should read and watch so we can discuss them in a future episode! You can find us online here: Amanda: Twitter, Instagram, and Goodreads Emily: Twitter and Letterboxd Time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and film we mentioned in this episode. Thank you for listening! Drinks Emily – Elysian Savage Journey Rye IPA Amanda – Boulevard Brewing Co. Unfiltered Wheat Beer Books, TV shows, and Films 1:38 The Goldfinch – movie 5:24 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo – book 6:44 Daisy Jones and the Six – book 7:40 Downton Abbey – movie 10:00 This Is How You Lose the Time War – book 11:55 Shadow of a Doubt – movie 13:50 Rear Window – movie 14:12 The Birds – movie 14:35 Psycho – movie 15:00 Magician: Apprentice – book 18:01 The Man in the High Castle – TV show 21:22 A Darker Shade of Magic – book
After sharing our Top 3 books and movies from August in Episode 3 we discuss all the other books, TV shows, and movies we enjoyed or didn’t enjoy in August. Finally, we share the TV series, films, and books we are excited to watch and read in September. We’d love to hear what you think about what we discussed. If you have a suggestion you would like for us to read or watch you can share them with us on Twitter: Amanda at @AmandaEspi and Emily at @lonely_tourist. Thank you for listening! Time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book, TV show, and film we mentioned in this episode. Show Notes 0:36 The Farewell – movie 2:29 Recursion – book 3:25 The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials #1) – book 3:25 His Dark Materials – TV Show 5:10 The Hunger Games – audiobooks 5:48 Catching Fire – movie 8:10 Fleabag – TV Show 9:25 Killing Eve – TV Show 10:00 The Witch – movie 10:52 Succession – TV Show 12:10 Hard Knocks – TV Show 13:43 CNN’s The Movies – Docu-series 15:05 The Goldfinch – Movie 16:18 College Football! – TV 17:35 Ad Astra – movie 17:54 Passengers – movie 18:30 Downton Abbey – movie 20:00 Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo – book 20:09 Daisy Jones & The Six – book 20:28: Beartown – book 21:02 Poldark – TV show
We want to help you spend your entertainment time wisely. In this episode Amanda shares her Top 3 books (She Reads) and Emily shares her Top 3 movies (She Watches) from the month of August. We end the episode with a Must Read Book and Must Watch suggestion. We enjoy a pair of fall themed beers while we talk about the popular memoirs Educated and Save Me the Plums. We also have a good YA Fantasy recommendation. You’ll hear about some under-the-radar quirky films like The Lobster, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, and The Peanut Butter Falcon. Our Must Read book is a romantic comedy and our Must Watch Movie is an endearing documentary stirring up nostalgia from childhood. We’d love to hear what you think about our selections. You can find us on Twitter: Amanda at @AmandaEspi and Emily at @lonely_tourist. Time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and film we mentioned in this episode. Thank you for listening! Drinks Emily – Paulaner Hefe-Weissbier Naturtrüb Amanda – Saint Arnold’s Octoberfest Books, TV shows, and Films 2:26 The Lobster – movie 5:18 Educated – book 8:38 Hunt for the Wilderpeople – movie 10:56 Up – movie 11:47 Jojo Rabbit – movie 12:32 Ernest and Celestine – movie 12:58 Finale and Caraval series – book 14:52 Rebecca Soler – audiobook narrator 15:33 Cinder – book 15:33 The Hazel Wood – book 16:00 Peanut Butter Falcon – movie 18:00 Honey Boy – movie 19:30 Save Me the Plums – book 20:20 Top Chef – TV show 21:44 Masterchef – TV show 22:35 Mindy Kaling’s books – book 22:35 Troublemaker by Leah Remini – book 23:22 Won’t You Be My Neighbor? – movie 24:13 It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood – movie 25:04 Attachments – book 25:49 Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society – book 26:15 Eleanor & Park -book 26:15 Carry On – book 26:15 Landline – book
We want to help you spend your entertainment time wisely. In each episode Amanda recaps the books she read (She Reads) and Emily recaps the TV and films she watched (She Watches) from the previous month. Each episode we end with a Must Read Book and Must Watch Suggestion. In Episode 02 we are both enjoying summer IPAs while discussing books such as Recursion and Where the Crawdads Sings, the actresses Jodie Whitaker and Awkwafina, and a few movies such as Spiderman: Far From Home and The Farewell, and the TV series, The Leftovers. Time stamped notes of the drinks, books, TV shows, and movies with reference links are listed below. Thank you for listening! Drinks Emily – Man-go Fluff Yourself from Riverbend Brewing Company Amanda – Easy Peasy IPA from Deep Ellum Brewery Books, TV Shows, and Movies 2:24 Adult Life Skills – movie 4:22 Gemina – book 6:30 Spider-Man Far From Home – movie 9:10 Recursion – book 10:02 Blade Runner 2049 11:02 The Farewell – movie 13:18 Off Camera with Sam Jones – podcast 14:00 Awkwafina – Youtube Channel 14:41 Steelheart – book 15:45 Mistborn – book 16:30 Skyward – book 16:58 The Leftovers – TV Series 21:58 Where the Crawdads Sing – book 25:00 Ex Machina – movie 26:00 Big Little Lies – TV Series 27:45 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty – movie 29:57 The Last Days of Night – book 30:33 The Imitation Game – movie 31:02 The Current War – movie